Toss England win toss, bowl vs West Indies England have won the toss and chosen to field in the first of five T20Is against West Indies. With play set to get underway in bright sunshine after heavy overnight rain in Barbados, England are seeking to overcome a 2-1 ODI series loss to the hosts as they embark on their final white-ball campaign of the year. Dan Mousley will make his…
Big picture: Two contrasting T20I runs Both India and South Africa had a sensational T20 World Cup 2024. They sailed through the group stage unbeaten and then topped their respective groups in the Super Eight before registering comfortable wins in the semi-finals. Even in the final, there was little to separate between the two teams right till the end. Since then, though, the fortunes of the two teams have taken…
New Zealand opt to bat vs Sri Lanka New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first on what Mitchell Santner thought was a “good surface maybe a touch on the slower side”. With “no rain on the forecast”, Santner was more emboldened to bat first in the first T20I. Charith Asalanka said he would have batted first also. Sri Lanka have not made changes to the XI that…
The BCCI has informed the ICC that India will not travel to Pakistan to participate in the 2025 Champions Trophy. ESPNcricinfo understands that the BCCI told the ICC it had been advised by the Indian government not to send the team to Pakistan. The eight-team Champions Trophy is scheduled to be played at three venues in Pakistan between February 19 and March 9 but this development means the ICC and…
Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Afghanistan Bangladesh won the toss against Afghanistan in the second ODI in Sharjah, and opted to bat first. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto announced two changes to the side which lost the first game on Wednesday, with one of them a forced move. Mushfiqur Rahim, who was ruled out of the series due to a finger fracture, was replaced by debutant Jaker Ali. In the…
Melbourne Renegades 146 for 6 (Capsey 33, Faltum 29, Stalenberg 26*, Kapp 2-22) beat Melbourne Stars 141 for 9 ( Deepti 23, Illingworh 1-8, Bekker 1-9) by 15 runs Local replacement player Charis Bekker went from the pub to centre stage as Melbourne Renegades posted a 15-run WBBL win over arch-rivals Melbourne Stars. Bekker was playing just her second WBBL game after being called into the squad to replace injured…
Australia A 223 (Harris 74, Prasidh 4-50, Mukesh 3-41) and 169 for 4 (Konstas 73*, Webster 46*) beat India A 161 (Jurel 90, Neser 4-27, Webster 3-19) and 229 (Jurel 68, Rocchiccioli 4-74, Webster 3-49) by six wickets Sam Konstas signalled he is a player for the future, even if he might not be ready for the first Test, making an outstanding unbeaten half-century to guide Australia A home in…
Big picture: Pakistan confident, Australia shorthanded Australian soil has mostly been the site of nightmares for Pakistan over decades. But ignited by fiery bowling from quick Haris Rauf, Pakistan are on the verge of a rare series victory in Australia and go into Sunday’s decider at the Optus Stadium highly confident after a nine-wicket hammering of the world champions in Adelaide. It can, of course, be fraught with danger to…
On a “gut call”, Buttler chucked the ball to Will Jacks to bowl the second over of England’s World Cup match against Australia. With a gale blowing to the short leg-side boundary, Travis Head and David Warner took Jacks apart with glee. Twenty-two runs came off the over. Australia won by 36. It was the second of two tactical decisions that threatened to be what Buttler’s time as captain would…
Big picture: Can West Indies deepen England’s white-ball funk? Plenty has gone on since Jos Buttler led his players off the field at the Providence Stadium in Guyana, following a comprehensive defeat to India in their World Cup semi-final. Matthew Mott vacated his post soon after, leading to Brendon McCullum’s appointment as cross-format supremo and, while Buttler was retained as captain, he has not hit a ball in anger since,…